Paint set.



H. BERSON.

PAINT SET.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 25. ms.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

HYMAN BERSON, or BRQOKLYN,.NIEW YORK.

iiaamasoi Specification of Letters Patent.

. .PAINT sm.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed September 25, 1918; Serial No. 255,706.

To all hom if may concern:

"Be it known that HYMAN Bn'esoN, a. citizen of the l nited States ofAmerica, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York. haveinvented certain new and useful lniproven'ients in Paint Sets, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in pnint-sets and has for anobject to provide a paint set consisting of a box, preferably cardboard.having depressions in which paint in liquid form is poured in andallowed to dry. the paint being held in the said depressions in a mannerhereinafter described. My invention is mainly directed to an inexpensivestructure'of the character above mentioned, as owing to the difficultyof obtaining suitable metal and also owing to the high cost of same, Ipreferably form the box or container and its cover out of cardboard.

A further object of the invention is to provide a knock-down aint-setstructure that can be packed Within a comparatively small space, that isto say, a number of containers can be placed one upon the other and alsothe covers in fiat condition, and shipped or stored away.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novelfeatures of which will be pointed out in the appended claim, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a top planview of the blank out of which the body of the box is formed;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the body of the box afterhaving been formed;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the body of the box, the cover therefor beingillustrated in section;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail view the Section being taken on aline 44 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view illustrating the manner ofsecurin the turned over portions of the body-blan and cover-blank toretain them in box-forma tion;

Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating a or,-

tion of the blank for the cover of the ox,

and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional. view illustrating a modified form ofwell to retain paint.

My inventioncomprises a box-body. portion 8 and a cover 9 therefor. Thebody portion 8 is formed out of a blank comprising a bottom .10, havingintegral therewith side and end-members 11 and 12, the blank beingscored at 13 and 14 to enable the side and endmiembers 11 and 12 to beturned up to form the body portion 8 of the box. After the side andend-members have been turned up they are secured together at the endspreferably by a staple or wire clamp 15 consisting of a wire, the endsof which are forced through the material of the blank and clenched onthe inside. Both the body of the box and its cover are formed in asimilar manner, the cover being formed out of a blank, the sides andends of which may be turned up and secured at their ends by staplessimilar to the staples 15. In Fig. 6, the sides of the cover-blank,which are turned up, are indicated by 16 and the ends by 17. To retainpaint, such as water-colors for instance), I provide the bottom 10 ofthe body of the box with wells 18 to retain the paint indicated by 19.It will be understood that each well 18 will contain some selected colordifferent from the rest and each well will have stamped adjacent theretothe color which it contains, as indicated at 20, Fig. 1. This featureenables a child to become familiar with the different colors by name.The bottom of the box will be further provided with mixing-wells or pans21. which are also stamped into the bottom 10 of the box. Themixing-pans will be preferably identified by having stamped therein suchindication as illus trated in Fig. 1.

One of the advantages of this structure is that it can be shipped fiat,and set up at will. The paint will of course be placed in the wellsbefore shipment. But this does not interfere with the stacking of theblanks.

If desirable, the wells may be formed deep enough to cause the topsurface of the paint to lie slightly below the upper surface of thebottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 7; hence the paint will not comeinto contact with a super-imposed blank when a number of said blanks arepiled one upon the other.

One of the advantages of employing cardboard is that the paint willreadily adhere thereto and be permanently retained in the depressions orwells; hence during shipment they will not be displaced and cracked byrough handling. The paint may be poured into the wells or depressionswhile 1n wet condition and allowed to dry therein, but it may be moldedinto blocks and then pasted in said depressions, or otherwise suitablyretained therein.

Owing to the fibrous nature of cardboard, the paint, when poured intothe wells, will soak into the interstices and when cooled or becomeshard will be firmly bound to the board and cannot be removed b jarringor rough handling. Aside from t e comparative low cost of manufacture,these paintboxes made of cardboard have a great advantage, from the factthat the material is fibrous and the paint will become firmly Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for afiixed thereto. In fact for all intentsand purposes, they become integral with the box.

What I claim as my invention is In a paint-set, board bottom memberhaving depressions therein containin paint in dry form, turned up sideand en -Inembers integral therewith, staples securing the turned up sideand (find-members together, and a cover for said *ox;

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 24 day of September, 1918.

HYMAN BERSON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARVIS, MAURICE BLOCK.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. 0."

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